Rafael Nadal vs Dominic Thiem, French Open Final Live Updates: Nadal Eyes Historic 11th Title

We are just minutes away from the start of the match as both players are on the court and are warming-up. The key to Thiem's success here will be play to play to his strength — forehand. The Austrian has managed to trouble some players with his smashing shots down the line. 

The 32-year-old Nadal, with 16 majors to his name, will play his 24th Grand Slam final at Roland Garros. Victory here will give him an 11th title in Paris and equal Margaret Court's all-time record for wins at the same Slam event -- in her case, the Australian Open from 1960 and 1973. 

Rafael Nadal has 10 French Open titles to his name. His first title came in 2005, and since then has won in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017. For his first title at Roland Garros, he beat Mariano Puerto. Since then he beat top players like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to pocket the coveted title.

Dominic Thiem of Austria has accounted for big players like Kei Nishikori and Alexander Zverev in the road to final. Unlike Nadal, he had to sweat it out against almost all his opponents to win his games. But come the final, Theim should be ready to face the biggest challenge of his career yet. 

King of Clay Rafael Nadal has had it easy in his road to final. He beat the likes of Richard Gasquet, Maximilian Marterer, Diego Schwartzman, Del Potro to reach yet another final. Till now he has dropped only one set in this year's French Open. What is interesting is that this year Nadal has lost only lost to Thiem, his opponent in the final, on clay this year.

Hello everyone and welcome to our live updates for the big French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem!